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Brother Joe May (November 9, 1912 – July 14, 1972) was an American gospel singer. He was sometimes billed as "The Thunderbolt of the Middle West", and has been described as "arguably the greatest male soloist in the history of gospel music....
Martin was a successful artist in her own right, forming the Sallie Martin Singers, in which her daughter Cora Martin-Moore, Dinah Washington, then known as Ruth Jones, and Brother Joe May were featured, in 1940 after a dispute with Dorsey. She started her own publishing house, Martin and Morris Music, Inc., with Kenneth Morris (August 28, 1917 ...
Joe May may also refer to: Joe T. May (born 1937), American electrical engineer and politician from Virginia; Joseph May (born 1974), British-born Canadian actor; Joseph May (politician) (1816–1890), New Zealand politician; Brother Joe May (1912–1972), American gospel singer; Joe D. May, educator and leader in the post-secondary college and ...
The country and gospel singer was 76. ... Country singer Joe Bonsall, who performed with the Oak Ridge Boys for more than 50 years, has died. ... Bonsall was born May 18, 1948, in Philadelphia. He ...
This list includes artists that perform in traditional gospel music genres such as Southern gospel, traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel, gospel blues, Christian country music, Celtic gospel and British black gospel as well as artists in the general market who have recorded music in these genres
Music; The Marksmen; Roberta Martin; Sallie Martin; Lowell Mason; The Masters Family; Mattie Moss Clark and the Southwest Michigan State Choir; Joseph “Brother Joe” May; Donnie McClurkin; Jarrell McCracken; Frank and James McCravy; James McGranahan; Barry McGuire; The McKameys; Meditation Singers; Gospel in Memphis; Elder Lightfoot Solomon ...
The Oak Ridge Boys singer Joe Bonsall has died. He was 76.The singer and author, best known for his 50-year run in the country and gospel vocal quartet The Oak Ridge Boys, died in Hendersonville ...
His initial musical influences were gospel performers such as Brother Joe May, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson, and Marion Williams. May, a singing evangelist who was known as "the Thunderbolt of the Middle West" because of his phenomenal range and vocal power, inspired Richard to become a preacher.